Shulman Laboratory

Gordon L. Shulman, PhD

I use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to understand attention, perception, and cognition in adults. In the last decade, studies have shown that the brain has a highly structured tonic or ‘resting’ physiology in which brain areas form coherent groups or networks. A current project is directed at understanding the relationship between this resting organization and the organization as people engage in different types of behaviors. A second ongoing project examines alterations in behavior and brain structure and physiology following a stroke, such as abnormalities in the brain’s resting organization.